Guidelines
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- CoughAn approach to symptom management to guide decision-making in the management of patients with life-threatening illness→
- Criteria for Releasing COVID-19 Patients from IsolationScientific Brief 17 June 2020→
- Critical Care Concepts: SummaryCritical Care Concepts→
- Critical Care Management of Patient Confirmed with COVID-19Guidance documents released by SASA around COVID-19. Published 03 July 2020.→
- Critical Care ModelsIntensive care units may be managed as “open” or “closed” units. In an “open” unit, the patient’s primary medical practitioner (e.g. surgeon, physician, obstetrician) is primarily responsible for the decision to admit the patient to ICU and for the patient’s ongoing management in the ICU. In a “closed” unit, the ICU is run by an intensive care doctor (or team of doctors) who makes the decis→
- Critical Care Society of Southern Africa Consensus Guideline on ICU triage and rationing (ConICTri)Guidance documents released by SASA around COVID-19→
- Critical Care Ventilation Troubleshooting (DOPES)Critical Care Ventilation Troubleshooting→
- CroupTreatment guideline for paediatric croup→
- Crush Injury and/or Open fractures (Acute Traumatic Ischemias)Crush Injury and/or Open fractures (Acute Traumatic Ischemias)→
- Cryptococcal MeningitisInfection Cryptococcal meningitis Brief outline/clinical setting Common opportunistic pathogen causing meningitis in advanced HIV disease Aetiologies/organisms Cryptococcus neoformans, Cryptococcus gattii Optimal antimicrobial selection Induction: - Amphotericin B deoxycholate 1mg/kg IVI daily + Flucytosine 100mg/kg/day in 4 doses x 1 week - Then fluconazole 1200mg daily x 1 week Consolidation: -→
- Cutaneous AbscessInfection Cutaneous abscess Brief outline/clinical setting Deep inflammatory nodule extending into subcutaneous tissue that develops from preceding folliculitis. Simple abscesses do not extend into deeper tissues or have multiloculated extension. Aetiologies/organisms S. aureus Optimal antimicrobial selection Incision and drainage is the primary treatment, no antibiotics indicated. In complicated→
- Cyanotic Neonate (Blue baby)Cyanotic Neonate (Blue baby)→
- Cyanotic Spell (Tetralogy of Fallot)Cyanotic Spell (Tetralogy of Fallot)→
- Cyanotic/Acyanotic Cardiac LesionsManagement guidelines for students, interns and registrars on a variety of routine and emergency situations in our neonatal service at Tygerberg Children’s Hospital. Published in 2014.→
- D. DefinitionsSupporting the Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy Framework and the Guidelines on Implementation of the Antimicrobial Strategy in South Africa: One Health Approach and Governance, 2018→
- Data ManagementDocumentation in the Client Record Using NHLS Reports for Quality Improvement and Client Tracking VL Monitoring to Facilitate VL Suppression PCR Monitoring to Identify and Link HIV-Infected Infants to care Documentation in the Client Record Document all clinical findings, results and decisions clearly, and insert the barcode stickers of any blood tests taken in the following client records as app→
- Days 2-3 Post rt-PA (Alteplase) Standing OrderClick on the image to enlarge. Click here for the pdf . Angels Initiative South Africa _ Registered Nurse Stroke Patient Acute Treatment Form_2024→
- Days 2-3 Post rt-PA Standing orderClick on the image to enlarge. Click here for the pdf . Angels Initiative South Africa _ Treating Doctor_Stroke patient acute treatment forms_2024→
- Decompression SicknessDecompression Sickness→
- Deep Neck Space InfectionsInfection Deep neck space infections Brief outline/clinical setting Deep neck space infection (DNI) is defined as an infection in the potential spaces and actual fascial planes of the neck. Once the natural resistance of fascial planes is overcome, spread of infection occurs along communicating fascial boundaries. More recent trends include the increasing prevalence of resistant bacterial strains→
- Definition and Classification of Diabetes MellitusDefinition and Classification of Diabetes Mellitus→
- Definition of AsthmaThe GINA definition states that asthma is ‘a heterogeneous disease, usually characterised by chronic airway inflammation’. It is defined by ‘the history of respiratory symptoms such as wheeze, shortness of breath, chest tightness and cough that may vary over time and in intensity, together with variable airflow limitation which may later become permanent.’[1] Several asthma phenotypes have→
- Definition, Management Approach and Goals of Chronic Non-Cancer PainThis guideline is endorsed by the following professional groups: Cape Pelvic Pain Society, PainSA, South African Rheumatism and Arthritis Association, and South African Society of Anaesthesiologists.→
- DefinitionsThe continuum of procedural sedation and analgesia Sedation endpoints Non-dissociative sedation Dissociative sedation Sedation techniques Failed sedation Prolonged sedation The International Committee for the Advancement of Procedural Sedation (ICAPS) defines procedural sedation as follows: “The practice of procedural sedation is the administration of one or more pharmacological agents to f→
- DefinitionsThe guidelines recommend management of common obstetric conditions at primary and referral level, based on local experience and evidence-based practice. They are not intended as strict protocols nor as standard operating procedures, but rather as a guide to safe effective management of common obstetric problems. The guidelines should be most useful to interns, medical officers and registrars.→
- DefinitionsAdherence The extent to which a person’s behaviour corresponds with agreed recommendations from a healthcare worker for taking medication, following a diet and/or making lifestyle changes Adolescent A person aged 15 to 19 years Child For practical purposes, children weighing >25kg (typically eight to ten years of age) can be treated with adult doses of TB medications including for TB preventiv→
- Definitions and Categories of Resistant TuberculosisCategories of resistant tuberculosis Microbiologically confirmed: when a biological specimen is positive by smear microscopy, culture, or a rapid diagnostic test for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). This is also referred to as bacteriologically confirmed. Clinically diagnosed: when a person who does not fulfil the criteria for bacter→
- Definitions of PainGeneral principles and management of cancer pain in adults→
- Delayed Sequence Intubation (DSI)Delayed Sequence Intubation (DSI)→
- DeliriumAn approach to symptom management to guide decision-making in the management of patients with life-threatening illness→
- Dental and Oral Emergencies: Introduction / ApproachDental and Oral Emergencies→
- Department of Internal MedicineThe current recommended empiric antibiotic choices and empiric durations for suspected bacterial infections at CHBAH, based on consensus agreement between Infectious Diseases (ID), Microbiology and specialties after review of our 2018 antibiogram data, is as follows until directed therapy is possible.→
- Department of Obstetrics and GynaecologyThe current recommended empiric antibiotic choices and empiric durations for suspected bacterial infections at CHBAH, based on consensus agreement between Infectious Diseases (ID), Microbiology and specialties after review of our 2018 antibiogram data, is as follows until directed therapy is possible.→
- Department of Paediatrics and Child HealthThe current recommended empiric antibiotic choices and empiric durations for suspected bacterial infections at CHBAH, based on consensus agreement between Infectious Diseases (ID), Microbiology and specialties after review of our 2018 antibiogram data, is as follows until directed therapy is possible.→
- Department of SurgeryThe current recommended empiric antibiotic choices and empiric durations for suspected bacterial infections at CHBAH, based on consensus agreement between Infectious Diseases (ID), Microbiology and specialties after review of our 2018 antibiogram data, is as follows until directed therapy is possible.→
- DepressionAn approach to symptom management to guide decision-making in the management of patients with life-threatening illness→
- Details of Therapies for Specific DomainsPeripheral arthritis Axial disease Enthesitis Dactylitis Peripheral arthritis First-line therapy: MTX (7.5 mg - 25 mg weekly). In the case of mono- or oligoarthritis, a good response may be obtained with NSAIDs and/or intra-articular GC. Second-line therapy: addition of/switching to SSZ or LEF is recommended. These may be monotherapy or combination therapy. Third-line therapy: b/tsDMA→
- Detection of PapilloedemaDetection of Papilloedema→
- Diabetes Care in PregnancyDiabetes Care in Pregnancy→
- Diabetes Foot Care Patient ChecklistDiabetes Foot Care Patient Checklist→
- Diabetes Foot Screening Assessment FormDiabetes Foot Screening Assessment Form→
- Diabetes MellitusThe guidelines recommend management of common obstetric conditions at primary and referral level, based on local experience and evidence-based practice. They are not intended as strict protocols nor as standard operating procedures, but rather as a guide to safe effective management of common obstetric problems. The guidelines should be most useful to interns, medical officers and registrars.→
- Diabetes Self-Management Education and SupportDiabetes Self-Management Education and Support→
- Diabetes and DrivingDiabetes and driving→
- Diabetic Coma ChartDiabetic Coma Chart→
- Diabetic Eye DiseaseDiabetic Eye Disease→
- Diabetic FootInfection Diabetic foot Brief outline/clinical setting Foot wound with the presence of at least two signs of inflammation (erythema, warmth, tenderness, pain, or induration) or purulent secretions. Mild: Local infection involving only the skin and the subcutaneous tissue, if erythema: ≤2cm around ulcer Moderate: As above, erythema >2cm or involving structures deeper than skin and subcutaneous→
- Diabetic Foot ProblemsThe Prevention and Treatment of Foot Problems in Diabetes→
- Diabetic Foot Sepsis/AmputationsGuidelines Microbiology Clinical Classification of Diabetic Foot Infection Differential Diagnosis Initial Examination and Assessment Management of Diabetic Feet Ulcers Diabetic Foot Sepsis Evaluate for Limb Ischaemia Local Context Amputations This is an extremely common problem which results in major morbidity, mortality, and extensive use of hospital resources. Important risk factors include neu→
- Diabetic Footcare Guidelines for Primary Healthcare ProfessionalsDiabetic Footcare Guidelines for Primary Healthcare Professionals→